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DAZ+POSER AND FORMATS COMPATIBLE WITH THEM (i.e. wavefront/obj + fbx)
2. SHRUBS AND WOODY VINES (hmm, now that I look at it, this should have been bundled with the previous post. Oh, well, too late now)

DAZ+POSER AND FORMATS COMPATIBLE WITH THEM (i.e. wavefront/obj + fbx)
3. ANNUALS, PERRENIALS, GRASSES, FERNS, NONWOODY VINES (hmm, now that I look at it, I don't think I needed to split this into nearly as many posts...)

3DS, DXF, AND LIGHTWAVE VAULT
These formats are supported by most free 3D conversion programs, as well as Blender, upon which they can then be converted to wavefront (.obj) format for import into DAZ Studio and Poser.
Be warned that some models may not work properly in DAZ. Also, some models have their welded/conjoined components displaced when loaded and exported in Poseray and Propviewer. Anycad Exchange (warning: some sites bundle the Anycad Exchange with adware) will export them without this distortion, but does not convert material zones properly, and therefore the textures provided may no longer be fully compatible with the model anymore (though a hassle, this can be remedied manually in Hexagon or a similar program) Some of these models and/or their textures are not of good quality

(note: I removed most of these as I was not aware that the main site I linked to hosts some warez)

3DS, DXF, AND LIGHTWAVE VAULT
3. ANNUALS, PERRENIALS, GRASSES, FERNS
These formats are supported by most free 3D conversion programs, as well as Blender, upon which they can then be converted to wavefront (.obj) format for import into DAZ Studio and Poser.
Be warned that some models may not work properly in DAZ. Also, some models have their welded/conjoined components displaced when loaded and exported in Poseray and Propviewer. Anycad Exchange (warning: some sites bundle the Anycad Exchange with adware) will export them without this distortion, but does not convert material zones properly, and therefore the textures provided may no longer be fully compatible with the model anymore (though a hassle, this can be remedied manually in Hexagon or a similar program) Some of these models and/or their textures are not of good quality

3DS, DXF, AND LIGHTWAVE VAULT4. AQUATICS
These formats are supported by most free 3D conversion programs, as well as Blender, upon which they can then be converted to wavefront (.obj) format for import into DAZ Studio and Poser.
Be warned that some models may not work properly in DAZ. Also, some models have their welded/conjoined components displaced when loaded and exported in Poseray and Propviewer. Anycad Exchange (warning: some sites bundle the Anycad Exchange with adware) will export them without this distortion, but does not convert material zones properly, and therefore the textures provided may no longer be fully compatible with the model anymore (though a hassle, this can be remedied manually in Hexagon or a similar program) Some of these models and/or their textures are not of good quality

BONUS
2. SEAMLESS BARK TEXTURES, + LEAF TEXTURES FOR IVY GENERATOR (WIP)
Note: Ivy Generator is a free standalone program which simulates ivy and other climbing plants via geometry and math (though leaves and flowers are represented solely by a flat plane for transmaps to be applied to) It reads and saves the standard Wavefront .obj and .mtl files, and uses .jpgs and .pngs (or was it only one of those?) for textures. There is also a well-known Ivygen plugin for Carrara. Most of the wall-climbing ivy models you find for sale and for free for Poser, DAZ, and as wavefront object were at least partially created in Ivy Generator. The program can be found on ShareCG.

Thanks, but please don't send them just yet. I have a whole bunch more entries that I haven't posted yet because I'm not sure I completed the search for the genus. I'm not ready for the non-DAZ/Poser compatible ones yet (Bryce, Vue, Maya, Blender, etc)

Also, bear in mind that this links archive ONLY covers plants in which the genus is given or can be determined (or it is a fantasy plant). Generic trees and the like will not be covered in this archive.

Great idea, fantastic work, superb resource!
And thanks for the heads up on the XFrog plants! Perfect timing - I've just found a need for lots and lots of trees!(Any idea how long they're free for - it does say 'Limited Time Offer!', but I can't see an end date)

Great idea, fantastic work, superb resource!
And thanks for the heads up on the XFrog plants! Perfect timing - I've just found a need for lots and lots of trees!(Any idea how long they're free for - it does say 'Limited Time Offer!', but I can't see an end date)

Just a heads-up that XFrog have changed their free 'Samples' section here http://xfrog.com/category/samples.html . There's now a completely different list of free 3D plants (31 different plants), but the 6 2D plants remain the same as before.

(Each 3D plant (iirc) has three different versions (young, middle, and old) and some have more, which is where the reference to '145 completely new plants'comes from.)

I think the list in the OP needs to be updated now...

[Edit: I think that link only works if you're already logged in. If you're not logged in go to the XFrog homepage (http://xfrog.com/), click the 'Shop' tab (near the top-left of the homepage), and then click the 'Samples' tab (right hand side under the main banner image).]

Edit 24th July 2014 - the free samples at XFrog now include all the 3D plants listed in this post, PLUS five more 3D plants, MINUS three of the 2D plants

(Just realised I posted this on April Fools Day. The list of free plants is 100% genuine - I downloaded the OBJ versions yesterday)

(Edit 24th July - the following sizes were correct for the April OBJ downloads. But I think that XFrog have repackaged all the downloads since them)
- The hornbeam OBJ download is nearly 500MB.
- Peace lily, Willow bottlebrush, Totara, White Mallee, Banyan, and Spinach OBJ downloads are each 100-200MB
- Watermelon OBJ download is about 70MB
- All other OBJ downloads are 8-50MB

Here's the links to the individual free plants from XFrog (one from each of their 31 plant categories):

...MINUS three of the 2D plants - golden bamboo, manna gum, and new zealand flax are no longer there)

Chohole - also posted this in the limited time freebie thread. But I recall that the previous (i.e. pre-April 2014) batch of XFrog freebies, although also 'limited time', hung around for many months (I think over a year?). I suspect the same will be true of this batch. The ones that Kerya mentioned above in http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/24646/P15/#618012 do seem to have been free for only a month or so.

P.S. I've got a short step-by-step for converting the OBJ versions of the XFrog plants into PP2s if anybody's interested. It's just plain text at present, and requires a couple of PoserPython scripts I wrote. It's not necessarilly the best way - just a way I've found that works for me. If anybody's interested just let me know and I'll email it. If there's more than a few people I'll think about douing it as a PDF. (I've already checked with XFrog directly just to be absolutely sure, and they're quite happy for me to do this - apparently they've already converted their basic (non-freebie) set to PP2 format, although it's not mentioned anywhere)